Kentucky Institution for the Education of the Blind
1842
Public educational institution for visually impaired students in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Created by an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on February 5, 1842. During its first thirteen years of operation, the institution occupied several different buildings in Jefferson County before establishing a permanent location in east Louisville on October 8, 1855. Civil War-era superintendent: Bryce McLellan Patten.
Bibliography
The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 511.
Kentucky School for the Blind, "About Us," "Our History,"https://www.ksb.kyschools.us/Content/76 (accessed April 29, 2020).
Citation
Kentucky Institution for the Education of the Blind. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214842 (November 12, 2026).
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